The circulation of two Sunday titles, the Daily Star Sunday and the Observer, dipped below 300,000 in March.

Both titles also suffered their third straight month of double-digit year-on-year sales decline, according to the latest Audit Bureau of Circulations figures published today.

Richard Desmond's Sunday red-top was down 14.14% year on year to an average weekly sale of 293,489 in March. This was the second biggest year-on-year fall of any national title bar its Northern & Shell stablemate the Daily Star, down 15.45%.

The Observer, part of Guardian News & Media, which also publishes MediaGuardian.co.uk, fell 10.7% year on year to 296,023.

Trinity Mirror's the People also had a double-digit year-on-year fall in March, down 10.21% to 477,815.

Month-on-month comparisons were generally much kinder across the Sunday national market, after February's shorter audit period.

The Sunday Times

Headline circulation: 1,031,727

Month-on-month change: -1.32%

Year-on-year change: -7.19%

Overseas: 41,237

The Sunday Telegraph

Headline circulation: 481,941

Month-on-month change: -1.29%

Year-on-year change: -5.46%

Overseas: 15,170

The Observer

Headline circulation: 296,023

Month-on-month change: -2.14%

Year-on-year change: -10.7%

UK and Ireland paid-for circulation: 279,640 (94.5% of total)

Overseas: 16,383

The Independent on Sunday

Headline circulation: 153,183

Month-on-month change: +0.26%

Year-on-year change: -0.71%

UK and Ireland paid-for circulation: 72,781 (47.5% of total)

Overseas: 27,611

Mail on Sunday

Headline circulation: 1,888,040

Month-on-month change: -1.9%

Year-on-year change:-3.31%

UK and Ireland paid-for circulation: 1,670,935 (88.5% of total)

Overseas: 101,444

Sunday Express

Headline circulation: 533,192

Month-on-month change: -0.02%

Year-on-year change: -6.46%

Overseas: 28,861

News of the World

Headline circulation: 2,664,363

Month-on-month change: -1.62%

Year-on-year change: -8.27%

Overseas: 36,848

Sunday Mirror

Headline circulation: 1,063,096

Month-on-month change: -3.37%

Year-on-year change: -7.34%

Overseas:

The People

Headline circulation: 477,815

Month-on-month change: -2.14%

Year-on-year change: -10.21%

Overseas: 15,635

Daily Star Sunday

Headline circulation: 293,489

Month-on-month change: -2.93%

Year-on-year change: -14.14%

Overseas: 7,346

Headline circulation includes lesser rate sales, subscriptions, bulks – copies sold to airlines, rail companies, hotels and gyms for a nominal fee and given free to the public – and distribution in Ireland and overseas. UK and Ireland paid-for circulation excludes bulks and overseas distribution; where this figure is not given, bulks and overseas distribution account for less than 5% of total circulation

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